DA Hike Update– If you have been a government employee of this state of North India, then there is good news for you. The government here has announced to increase dearness allowance for pensioners. This dearness allowance will be considered effective from January 1, 2025.
Actually, the Jammu & Kashmir government has issued an order on June 4, 2025, which talks about increasing the dearness allowance for pensioners. According to the order, currently the dearness allowance is 53 percent of the basic pension or family pension. It has been made 55 percent of the basic pension or basic family pension.
The new allowance will be applicable from this date
According to the order of the state government, the new rate of dearness allowance (DA Hike in J&K) will be applicable from January 1, 2025. The arrears of allowance from January to May will be given in June. From June, allowance will be given every month as per the revised rate.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has also revised the dearness allowance (DA) for special category pensioners or family pensioners. It has been increased from 246 percent to 252 percent of the basic pension or family pension. This revision will also come into effect from January 1 and the area till May will be given in June.
It is worth noting that the central government had announced to increase the dearness allowance for government employees and pensioners at the end of March. The allowance for them was increased from 53 percent to 55 percent. Earlier, the dearness allowance was increased during July 2024. At that time the allowance was increased from 50 percent to 53 percent.